Backward (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adverb Also backwards.
  1. toward the back or rear.
  2. with the back foremost.
  3. in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100.
  4. toward the past: to look backward over one's earlier mistakes.
  5. toward a less advanced state; retrogressively: Since the overthrow of the president the country has moved steadily backward.
adjective
  1. directed toward the back or past.
  2. reversed; returning: a backward movement;a backward journey.
  3. behind in time or progress; late; slow: a backward learner;a backward country.
  4. bashful or hesitant; shy: a backward lover.
Idioms
  1. thoroughly: He knew his lesson backward and forward.
adjective
  1. directed towards the rear
  2. retarded in physical, material, or intellectual development
    • of or relating to the past; conservative or reactionary
    • (in combination)
  4. reluctant or bashful
  5. (of a pawn) behind neighbouring pawns and unable to be supported by them
adverb
  1. a variant of backwards
Backward (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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